American musician (born 1945)
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Stephen Character Stills (born January 3, 1945)[1] is an American musician, chanteuse, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Massachusetts, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, at an earlier time Manassas. As both a solo act and member of tierce successful bands, Stills has combined record sales of over 35 million albums. He was ranked number 28 in Rolling Stone's 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"[2] and number 47 in the 2011 list.[3] Stills became say publicly first person to be inducted twice on the same gloom into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. According manage Neil Young, "Stephen is a genius".[4]
Beginning his professional career resume Buffalo Springfield, he composed "For What It's Worth," which became one of the most recognizable songs of the 1960s. Agitate notable songs he contributed to the band were "Sit Deign, I Think I Love You", "Bluebird", and "Rock & Slant Woman". According to bandmate Richie Furay, Stills was "the plight and soul of Buffalo Springfield".[5]
After Buffalo Springfield disbanded, Stills began working with David Crosby and Graham Nash as the troika called Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN). In addition to vocabulary many of the band's songs, Stills played bass, guitar, very last keyboards on their debut album. The album sold over quatern million copies and at that point had outsold anything overexert the three members' prior bands: the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, courier the Hollies. The album won the trio a Grammy Furnish for Best New Artist.
Stills' first solo album, Stephen Stills, earned a gold record and is the only album transmit feature both Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Its hit singular "Love the One You're With" became his biggest solo thrash, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] Stills followed this with a string of solo albums, as ablebodied as starting a band with Chris Hillman called Manassas pull off 1972. In summer 1974, Young reunited with CSN after a four-year hiatus for a concert tour that was recorded take precedence released in 2014 as CSNY 1974. It was one depart the first stadium tours and the largest tour the strip has done to date. CSN reunited in 1977 for their album CSN, which became the trio's best-selling record. CSN ride CSNY continued to have platinum albums through the 1980s.
Stills was born in Dallas, Texas, to Talitha Quintilla Kale (1919–1996) and William Arthur Stills (1915–1986).[8][9] Raised in a martial family, he moved around as a child and developed include interest in blues and folk music. He was also influenced by Latin music after spending his youth in Gainesville duct Tampa, Florida, as well as Covington, Louisiana, Costa Rica, representation Panama Canal Zone, and El Salvador. Stills attended H.B. Most important part High School in Tampa, Florida, Admiral Farragut Academy in Demand. Petersburg, Florida and Saint Leo College Preparatory School in Fear Leo, Florida,[10] before graduating from Lincoln High School in Bone Rica. He has sisters Talitha and Hannah.[11]
When he was ennead years old, he was diagnosed with partial hearing loss nickname one ear. The hearing loss increased as he got older.[12]
Stills dropped out of Louisiana State University in the early Decennium. He played in a series of bands, including the Continentals, which then featured future Eagles guitarist Don Felder. Stills further sang as a solo artist at Gerde's Folk City, a well-known coffeehouse in Greenwich Village. Stills eventually ended up interchangeable a nine-member vocal harmony ensemble, the house act at rendering Cafe au Go Go in New York City, called say publicly Au Go Go Singers, which included his future Buffalo Massachusetts bandmate Richie Furay. This ensemble did some touring in picture Catskills and in the South, released one album in 1964, and then broke up in 1965.[citation needed]
Stills later formed a folk-rock band called the Company with four other former brothers of the Au Go Go Singers. The Company embarked discovery a six-week tour of Canada, where Stills met guitarist Neil Young. On the VH1CSNY Legends special, Stills said that Leafy was doing what he always wanted to do, "play clan music in a rock band." The Company broke up pull New York within four months; Stills did session work extremity went to various auditions. In 1966 he convinced a averse Furay, then living in Massachusetts, to move with him sort out California.[citation needed]
Main article: Buffalo Springfield
Stills, Furay, and Young reunited in Los Angeles submit formed the core of Buffalo Springfield. Legend has it dump Stills and Furay recognized Young's converted hearse and flagged him down, a meeting described in a recent solo track "Round the Bend".[13][14] Buffalo Springfield performed a mixture of folk, declare, psychedelia, and rock. Its sound was lent a hard cling to by the twin lead guitars of Stills and Young, boss that combination helped make Buffalo Springfield a critical success. Interpretation band's first record Buffalo Springfield (1966) sold well after Stills's topical song "For What It's Worth" became a top rope hit, reaching No. 7 on the US charts. According reverse Rolling Stone, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame increase in intensity other sources, Buffalo Springfield helped create the genres of clan rock and country rock.[citation needed]
Distrust of their management along be more exciting the arrest and deportation of bassist Bruce Palmer worsened rendering already strained relations among the group members and led jump in before Buffalo Springfield's demise. A second album, Buffalo Springfield Again, was released in late 1967 and featured Stills songs "Bluebird" gift "Rock And Roll Woman". In May 1968, the band stop working up for good, but contractual obligations required the recording swallow release of a final studio album, Last Time Around. Description album was primarily composed of tracks recorded earlier that period. A Stills song from their debut album, "Sit Down, I Think I Love You," was a minor hit for Rendering Mojo Men in 1967.[15]
After the disintegration of Buffalo Springfield, Stills played on half of the Super Session album with Button Kooper in 1968, including a cover of Donovan's "Season nucleus the Witch" that received heavy radio play on progressive FM radio formats. Mike Bloomfield was slated to play on rendering other half of the album but failed to turn position for the second day of recording. The album sold athletic and charted at No. 12 on the US charts piece being certified Gold in December 1970.[16]
As a fondness musician, Stills featured on various albums recorded by fellow graphic designer Joni Mitchell. He was invited by David Crosby to arena on Mitchell's 1968 debut album Song to a Seagull, go up the track "Night in the City".[17] Throughout the years go over the top with 1968 to 1972, Stills played on a variety of Mitchell's studio albums such as Song to a Seagull, Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon, Blue, and For the Roses.[18] Mitchell moved his bass playing for songs like "Carey". Mitchell: "That's Author [Stills] on that one right? I like his bass singing on that track! I tried various bass players, and I usually took them off the tracks. They weighed things surround, made it plodding, and didn't make it swing."[19] Stills himself recalled clearly "understanding the underpinning in all those weird tunings."[20]
Stills was an influence on Mitchell's dulcimer sound, since she chief discovered the instrument at Big Sur in 1969. Mitchell abstruse observed Stills' aggressive, rhythmic style and transformed it into a unique rawness. She embraced her new sound, which can note down heard on the 1970 album Blue.[21] In 1972, Stills was credited as the rock 'n' roll band in "Blonde prickly the Bleachers".[22] His multi-musicianship and knowledge can be seen alternative route these guest appearances on her albums. Stills infamous rendition portend Mitchell's "Woodstock" was incredible, transforming her song into an stimulating, rock 'n' roll song.[23]
Main article: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
In late 1968, Stills joined revive with David Crosby (late of The Byrds) and Graham Author (late of The Hollies) to form Crosby, Stills & Writer. Several of Stills's songs on the group's debut album, including "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "You Don't Have to Cry", were inspired by his on-again off-again relationship with singer Judy Collins. The album reached No. 6 on the US charts and was certified quadruple platinum.
Stills dominated the demo of the album. Crosby and Nash played guitar on their own songs respectively, while drummer Dallas Taylor played on quatern tracks and drummer Jim Gordon on a fifth. Stills played all the bass, organ, and lead guitar parts, as arrive as acoustic guitar on his own songs. "The other guys won't be offended when I say that one was blurry baby, and I kind of had the tracks in embarrassed head," Stills said.[10]
Wanting to tour and needing additional musicians calculate fill out their sound, the band invited former Buffalo Massachusetts member Neil Young to join them for their first cable and second album to make the group the quartet Actor, Stills, Nash & Young (initialized as CSN&Y). The first materialize started in August 1969 and finished in January 1970, followed by the recording their debut album as a quartet, Déjà Vu (1970). The foursome quarrelled frequently throughout the recording session, in particular Stills and Young, who both fought for touch. Stills composed the songs "Carry On" and "4 + 20" and co-wrote "Everybody I Love You" with Young. He likewise brought his version of Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock" for say publicly band to cover. The album reached No. 1 on description US charts and was certified 7 times platinum there, promotion over 8 million copies.
In May 1970, CSN&Y recorded Young's "Ohio" following the Kent State massacre on May 4. Depiction single's B-side was Stills's "Find the Cost Of Freedom". Picture single was rush released by Atlantic Records at the precise subsequent time as the group's "Teach Your Children" was ascension the charts. After an extended second tour finishing in July 1970, the band split up acrimoniously. Stills moved to England and started recording his debut solo album.
In April 1971, CSN&Y released 4 Way Street, a double live album evidence in 1970. The album reached No. 1 in 1971 graft the US charts and was certified quadruple platinum in say publicly US.
Having played at the Monterey Pop Festival with Metropolis Springfield and both Woodstock and Altamont with CSN&Y, Stills (along with Crosby) performed at three of the most iconic U.S. rock festivals of the 1960s. During CSN&Y's set at Altamont Free Concert, Stills was reported to have been repeatedly stabbed in the leg by a "stoned-out" Hells Angel, with a sharpened bicycle spoke.[24] At the band's request, their performance was not included in the subsequent film Gimme Shelter (1970).
In the wake of CSNY's success, all quatern members recorded high-profile solo albums. In 1970, Stills released his eponymous solo debut album featuring guests Eric Clapton, Jimi Guitarist, Cass Elliot, Booker T Jones and Ringo Starr (credited single as "Richie") as well as Crosby, Nash, Rita Coolidge enthralled CSN&Y drummers Dallas Taylor and Johnny Barbata. It provided Stills with the US No. 14 hit single "Love the Figure out You're With.", and another US top 40 hit "Sit Way Down", peaking at No. 37. The album peaked at No. 3 on the US charts, a solo career peak. Take a shot at the time of release, Stills's album was the highest promotion solo album out of the four. It was recorded strengthen the UK, where Stills bought a mansion in Surrey, England, previously owned by Starr.[15] To promote the album, Stills arrived on the BBC television show Disco 2 in January 1971.
The 1970 album cover was shot by photographer Henry Diltz in Colorado, in the early hours of the morning later the death of Jimi Hendrix.[25] Hendrix's untimely death affected Stills immensely. Ever since being first introduced to Hendrix at say publicly Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, Stills was inspired by rendering guitarist and had befriended him. In 1969, Stills was invitational to temporarily join the Jimi Hendrix Experience on tour though their bass player, but was held up by previous commitments with CSN&Y. His biggest regret was not making a brimming album with Hendrix.[26] In early 1971, on the French penalisation show Pop 2,[27] Stills talked about the influence that Guitarist had on him as a person and a musician:
Jimi [Hendrix] probably had more effect on my music than anybody else. He defined the modernization of the old country gloominess, as played by Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, and Eyeless Lemon Jefferson and all those little dudes, y’know. Since I met Lightnin' Hopkins in 1961, he was the first peak that got me off that hard, he tore my meaning out, y’know. I really enjoyed the honour of being secure to have him come to my record; to my building, to my family, to my rhythm section, to my railroad, y’know. And when Jimi plays guitar, I get really knocked out, it’s truly the best—and it broke my heart when he died. And he brought me to a place where I really decided that rock ‘n’ roll, as we put in the picture it right now, has got to change and I long for to try help it change.
— Stephen Stills, Pop 2 (1971)
Stills followed this first album with his second solo album, Stephen Stills 2, six months later. Recorded in Miami, the album deception the singles "Change Partners" and "Marianne", which Nos. 43 become more intense 42 in the US. The album itself reached No. 8 on the charts and was certified US Gold a period after release. Even though "Change Partners" was written before CSN formed, Nash saw it as a metaphor for the numberless relationships in CSN&Y. Stills initially recorded 23 songs and hoped to release them as a double album; this was synchronized rejected by Atlantic.[28]
Stills embarked on his first solo US expedition with an eight-piece band including the Memphis Horns, in which he sold out Madison Square Garden, The Philadelphia Spectrum, Reach Forum and the Boston Garden, arguably at his solo advertising peak.[15] Stills's performance at Madison Square Garden occurred one way in prior to George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh. Stills donated his stage, sound, lighting system and production manager in kind, but was later upset when Harrison "neglected to invite him achieve perform, mention his name, or say thank you". Stills grow spent the show drunk in Ringo Starr's dressing room, "barking at everyone".[29] Stills's Madison Square Garden show was professionally transcribed and remains unreleased, sans a clip of "Go Back Home" performed in early 1972 on The Old Grey Whistle Test. Two additional acoustic tracks were released on Stills 2013 container set Carry On.
In 1971, Billboard magazine ranked him mad No. 34 top singles artist, No. 44 top album creator, No. 14 top singles male vocalist, No. 12 top original singles vocalist, No. 17 top album male vocalists, No. 14 top new album artist, number 73 top producers, and graded his debut album number 70 in the year end medium charts.[30] Additionally, Cashbox ranked Stephen Stills 2 as the No. 51 album of 1971, and his debut as No. 52.
In late 1971, Stills teamed up with ex-Byrd Chris Hillman to form the band Manassas. Their self-titled double past performance was a mixture of rock, country, blues, bluegrass and Italic music divided into different sections and peaked at number 4 in the US. It was certified US Gold a thirty days after release but did not yield any more top 40 hits, only "It Doesn't Matter" reached 61 on the Chaotic charts. Stills spent the majority of 1972 playing live board Manassas on a world tour, which included headlining festivals grind Australia, playing more arenas in the US including the Nassau Coliseum, and the Boston Garden. His concert at The Rainbow Theatre in London was recorded for a BBC TV allimportant titled Stephen Stills Manassas: In Concert. He moved to Town, Colorado after this world tour finished and in March 1973 married French singer-songwriter Véronique Sanson in London, after having trip over while at a Manassas gig in France, 1972.[15] In initially 1972, Stills appeared in a UK documentary about himself hollered Sounding Out. Cashbox magazine ranked Stills as the number 52 top male vocalist of 1972. Billboard ranked Manassas as representation number 53 album of 1972, and Stills as the hand out 75 album artist.
All of Stills' albums after Buffalo Metropolis had gone either gold or platinum; the Manassas follow-up baby book the next year Down the Road was his first Fashionable that did not, but still managed to reach 26 show the US charts. It was recorded less than a gathering after the debut double album, and encountered some issues look at recording and not having enough Stills songs on the ep. Also Atlantic were pushing for a far more commercially supportable CSNY reunion. Which in June and July 1973, between say publicly two 1973 Manassas tours at the start and end farm animals the year, happened in Maui. As CSNY attempted to lean an album tentatively called Human Highway. This album was under no circumstances finished due to infighting. But after one final 1973 Manassas tour, during which CSN and CSNY reunited during the curative sections both at Winterland Arena concerts, a reunion was prank the cards, and Manassas was over. Stills then sold his Surrey home and relocated to Colorado.[15] The last date ingratiate yourself the first 1973 Manassas tour was recorded for ABC Discern Concert. Cashbox magazine ranked Manassas as the number 58 set of 1973. Billboard ranked Down The Road as the few 36 of new album artists.
In 1972/73, Stills left rendering services of David Geffen and set up his own publication company with Ken Weiss, called Gold Hill Publishing, named care his home in Boulder, Colorado.
Stills spent early 1974 on a sold out East coast silhouette where he played well respected theatres, including Carnegie Hall. Interpretation 1975 live album Stephen Stills Live was made up pay no attention to recordings from this tour. It was also during this structure that Stills announced the 1974 CSNY reunion concert tour. Say publicly CSNY reunion tour sold-out shows through July and August expansion both the US and the UK, with an average take the trouble attendance of 80,000. Due to poor management, the tour troublefree little money for the group, but album sales saw a boost: the CSNY compilation album So Far reached number 1 in the US and sold 6 million copies. After in the opposite direction aborted attempt at recording a CSNY album after the take shape, Stills signed with Columbia Records in late 1974.[15] In 1973–1974, Stills was recording another solo album called As I Getting Of Age, which was put aside for the CSNY grouping tour. Many songs were used for the 1975 Stills single. In 1974, Stills played bass on, and helped mix his wife's record Le Maudit. He also played bass for put your feet up at two concerts in Paris in October 1974.
Stills signed watch over Columbia Records for three albums: Stills in 1975, Illegal Stills in 1976; and Thoroughfare Gap in 1978. Stills released mop the floor with June 1975, was the highest-charting release of the three authorized number 22 on the US charts, and also the chief critically successful of the three. Stills then spent the take a breather of year touring the US, doing a summer and iciness tour playing to 10,000 seat arenas, including the LA Mart, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Stills played an acoustic set simulated the Bob Dylan-organised Night of the Hurricane Benefit at picture Houston Astrodome in January 1976. He next released Illegal Stills in May 1976, which reached number 31 on the Crumpled charts, but was not critically well received, nor produced circle charting singles. Around this time Stills played percussion on rendering Bee Gees' song "You Should Be Dancing" and wrote come unreleased song with Barry Gibb.[15] In retrospect Stills has commented on his mid-70s solo period saying he "short-circuited for a while, things were moving too fast. I got a minute crazed. Too much drinking, too many drugs. What can I say."[31]Cashbox magazine ranked Stills as the number 29 top 1 vocalist of 1975.
In 1976 after the release of Illegal Stills, Stills attempted a reunion with Neil Young. At disposed point, Long May You Run was slated to be a CSNY record, but when Crosby and Nash left to meet recording and touring obligations,[32] they returned to find the else pair had wiped their vocals from the recordings, as Stills and Young decided to go on without them as depiction Stills–Young Band. However, Young would leave midway through the resulting tour due to an apparent throat infection.[32] Stills was contractually bound to finish the tour, which he did for triad dates before it was cancelled with Chris Hillman helping him, but upon returning home, his wife announced she wanted a divorce and wished to move back to France, although they temporarily reunited.
Stills went out on tour in November 1976 as a three-piece: Stills on guitar, vocals, and piano; Martyr Perry on bass; and Joe Vitale on drums. He reunited with Crosby and Nash shortly afterwards, thanks to the efforts of Nash's future wife Susan, who got Nash to pardon Stills for wiping the Crosby and Nash vocals from Long May You Run. Not before Atlantic Records released a album album from Stills first two solo albums, and the shine unsteadily Manassas albums in December 1976 called Still Stills: The Acceptably Of Stephen Stills.[15]Cashbox magazine ranked Stills at number 27 assimilate the top male vocalist of 1976, and Stills and Adolescent as the number 6 duo, number 3 new duo, turf number 20 best new artist of 1976. Stills, as Yellowness Hill Publishing, was having hits publishing for the band Firefall and Joey Stec during this time, so much so delay Billboard ranked him as the number 97 publisher of 1976.
Stills's performances with Crosby nearby Nash in late 1976 and early 1977 led to representation permanent reunion of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. They released rendering CSN album in 1977 and unsuccessfully attempted another album beginning 1978. The band toured major arenas including Madison Square Garden and the LA Forum in 1977 and 1978, and fabric the 1977 tour they visited President Jimmy Carter in say publicly White House. Stills released his final album on Columbia Records entitled Thoroughfare Gap in October 1978. It was comparatively inefficient and reached number 84 on the US charts. In 1977 and 1978, Stills played only one solo engagement, at representation Bread and Roses Festival in 1978.
After a four-day citizenship at the Roxy in January 1979 with original CSN bandmate Dallas Taylor on drums, Stills spent most of 1979 pride tour in the US playing with his California Blues Faction. One of these dates in early 1979 included a barter to Cuba to participate in the Havana Jam festival renounce took place between March 2 and 4, alongside Weather Slaughter, the Trio of Doom, Fania All-Stars, Billy Swan, Bonnie Bramlett, Mike Finnigan, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and Billy Joel, hoot well as an array of Cuban artists such as Irakere, with whom he toured the US after the Havana concerts. His performance is captured on Ernesto Juan Castellanos's documentary Havana Jam '79.
In 1979, Stills recorded one of the be in first place entirely digital albums;[33] however, it remains unreleased, as the note company did not feel it was commercial enough.[34] The songs recorded for this album include "Spanish Suite" and "Cuba poisonous Fin" and the 1982 CSN hit "Southern Cross". The sticker album was produced by Barry Beckett and was slated for run away in 1979 or 1980.
CSN played only two dates bayou 1979, both at Madison Square Garden for Musicians United leverage Safe Energy. Their performance was released on The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future.
In 1979, Stills's wife filed for splitup, which was finalized on July 12, 1980.[35]
After playing some Dweller dates in 1980, and with Graham Nash joining him insinuation the German dates supporting Angelo Branduardi, Stills and Nash marked to record a duo album together. The record company refused to release this album without David Crosby, so they supplementary him and CSN's Daylight Again was released in 1982, motility number 8 in the US and was certified Platinum. Say publicly album featured the Stills-written top twenty hit "Southern Cross". Beget 1983, the CSN live album Allies, was released featuring Stills's number 45 hit song "War Games". CSN toured yearly bring forth 1982 to 1989, except during 1986, due to David Crosby's prison sentence.
In 1984, Stills released his first solo single in six years, Right by You on Atlantic Records. That would be the final Stills album to make the Billboard 200 album chart and featured Jimmy Page on guitar. Skilful was his last solo release on a major label.
In 1985 CSN and CSNY played Live Aid.
In 1988, CSNY reunited for the album American Dream, which reached number 12 on the US charts and was certified platinum in rendering US. However no tour was taken in support of picture album.
In 1990, CSN released the album Live It Up, their first not to be certified in the US since their debut.
Stills toured with CSN, in 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1999.
Having spent most of 1990 playing cure with CSN and solo he released the solo album Stills Alone in 1991, with the aim of releasing a unaccompanied electric album in 1992. However this solo electric album was never released.
In 1994, CSN released the album After depiction Storm.
From 1993 to 1995, Stills part owned a selfservice restaurant in New Orleans, called Toucan Du.[36] He married his tertiary wife, Kristen Hathaway, on May 27, 1996.
In 1997, Stills became the first person to be inducted into the Scarp and Roll Hall of Fame twice on the same darkness for his work with CSN and Buffalo Springfield. Fender Guitars Custom Shop crafted a guitar and presented it to Stills to commemorate the occasion, a Telecaster 1953 reissue guitar nonparallel R2674 bearing an inscription on the neck plate; "Stephen Stills R & R Hall of Fame May 6, 1997 "
In 1999, CSNY reunited to release the album Looking Forward; it reached number 26 on the US charts. Stills co-wrote (with Joe Vitale) "Faith in Me," which was recorded drain liquid from Ga Ga's Room in Los Angeles, and which he too sang. He also wrote and sang "Seen Enough," recorded squabble Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, and "No Tears Left," which was recorded with many other album tracks at Neil Young's facility, Redwood Digital, in Woodside, California. Looking Forward was description eighth and final studio album by Crosby, Stills & Author, and their third and final with Neil Young.
This CSNY reunion resulted in CSNY reunion tours 2000 CSNY2K, 2002 captivated 2006 reunion tours, their first since 1974. The CSNY2K trip of the United States and Canada with the reformed marvellous quartet earned US$42.1 million, making it the eighth largest grossing tour of 2000. The 2006 CSNY tour was the Delivery Of Speech tour, which was released on the album Deja Vu Live.. Stills also toured with CSN in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. The 2005 tour supported their Amber certified album Greatest Hits, their 2009 tour supported the CSN demos album Demos.
2005 saw Stills release Man Alive!, his first solo offering in 14 years. Man Alive! was at large on the small English independentfolk rock label Talking Elephant, ride was not widely reviewed. The record did not chart assembly either side of the Atlantic, and was received lukewarmly unhelpful the few critics who did review it.[37][38] It featured songs dating from the 1970s to the present, including "Spanish Suite", originally recorded in the late 70s with Herbie Hancock.
Throughout 2006 and 2007, Stills toured regularly as a solo graphic designer with "the Quartet", which consisted of drummer Joe Vitale, either Mike Finnigan or session player Todd Caldwell on keyboards, current either Kevin McCormick or Kenny Passarelli on bass. On Could 28, 2007, Stills sang the national anthem for Game 1 of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals between the Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators in Anaheim, California. On December 17, 2007, Graham Nash revealed on Larry King Live that Stills difficult to understand been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer and that his operation would take place on January 3, 2008, which evenhanded Stills's birthday.[39] Stills said later in January 2008 that good taste had come through the operation with "flying colors."[40]
In 2007 good taste released Just Roll Tape, a recently found tape of Stills singing demos of his unreleased songs in 1968 after interpretation breakup of the Buffalo Springfield, during the last hour care for a Judy Collins session.
Stills toured Europe as a on one's own artist for the first time during October 2008, resulted layer the release of the 2009 live album and video Live At Shepherds Bush, recorded in London, England.
Also in 2009, he released his second archival release Pieces by Manassas, a selection of alternate takes and unreleased songs of Stills come together recorded between 1971 and 1973. This was supposed to lay at somebody's door the start in a series of archival releases, however nil have appeared since.
Stills toured with CSN in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015. The 2012 tour resulted in the liberate CSN 2012.
In 2011, Stills contributed a song, "Low Unshod Tolerance," to the soundtrack of a documentary produced by J. Ralph, Wretches & Jabberers.
Also in 2010, Stills reunited acquiesce Neil Young and Richie Furay to reform Buffalo Springfield enter Young for the Bridge School Benefit 2010. The band as well played bonnaroo in 2011. This was supposed to be followed by a full tour in 2012 but this never materialized.[41]
On August 27, 2013, Stills released the album, Can't Get Enough with Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg as the depression band the Rides. The band toured to support this respite in 2013. They released a follow-up album called Pierced Arrow in 2016, this was followed by another tour to buttress this release in 2016 and 2017.
On August 12, 2014, Watsky released the album All You Can Do, featuring a song with Stills, "Cannonball".
In 2016, CSN split up make sure of over 30 years together, and in December 2016 Stills severally released a song called "Look Each Other in the Eye" on SoundCloud.[42]
On September 22, 2017, Stills and Judy Collins free an album Everybody Knows, which entered the Billboard 200 rough draft at number 195 and peaked at 45. It was their first joint album and was followed by a 2017-2018 journey supporting the album.[43]
In April 2021, Stills gave an interview indicating that he was retired.[44] Since the pandemic, Stills returned differentiate guest with Brandi Carlile at a tribute concert honoring Joni Mitchell, his first public performance since a benefit in Dec 2018.[45][46] In February 2023, Stills announced his co-headlining appearance blank Neil Young at a Light Up the Blues event, naughty to take place in April.[1]
Stills was involved with musician Judy Collins, from 1968 to 1969. Their brief relationship inspired a lifetime of songs and material. Midst his Buffalo Springfield years, he wrote the songs "Bluebird", shaft "Questions"—equally about Collins and meeting Clapton at Whisky a Go-Go.[47] Stills was a guitarist and session musician for Collins, appearance on her 1968 album Who Knows Where the Time Goes and was credited as "Steven Stills".[48] It was during these sessions, that he also recorded his demo album, Just Revolve Tape on April 28, 1968 (finally released in 2007). Say publicly songs "Change Partners", "So Begins the Task", "Judy", "Helplessly Hoping" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" were originally recorded as demos, with only a stripped-back acoustic guitar and his wavering voice.[49]
In 1969, Stills infamously released the song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", written in an attempt to win back her love concentrate on even mentioned her therapy sessions. Collins: "My centre was featureless New York and his in LA. He hated New Dynasty and he hated therapy. And I was in both."[50] Tab the early 1970s, heartbroken, Stills recorded "So Begins the Task", and "Bluebird Revisited"—an updated version of his Buffalo Springfield tag. Stills and Collins communicated in bird metaphors, the imagery regularly appearing in their songs about each other.
In 2017, Stills and Collins reunited and released an album together entitled Everybody Knows.[50]
He dated actress and singer-songwriter Nancy Priddy, who was the inspiration for the Buffalo Springfield song "Pretty Girl Why".[51][52] Stills also had a short-term relationship with Rita Coolidge, likewise had Graham Nash, which apparently led to the initial modification of CSNY, in 1970.[53][23]
During a Manassas tour hoax France, Stills met his first wife, French singer-songwriter Véronique Sanson. They were married on March 14, 1973. Their son Chris Stills was born in 1974. They divorced in 1979.[54] Family tree 1988, he married American model Pamela Ann Jordan,[55] with whom he had a daughter, Eleanor.[56] His third wife is Kristen Hathaway, whom he married on May 27, 1996.[citation needed]
Stills' appeal Justin Stills was born in 1972 to Harriet Tunis. Justin was critically injured while snowboarding on Mt. Charleston, just casing Las Vegas, in 1997. An episode of Discovery Health's pic series Trauma: Life in the ER featured his treatment avoid recovery.[57] Another son, Henry, has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome[58] and is profiled in the 2007 documentary Autism: The Musical. Stills' daughter Eleanor is a photographer and graduate of Midpoint Center College of Design in Pasadena.[59] Since Eleanor's graduation, she has been responsible for all recent Crosby, Stills & Writer photography. Stills has another daughter, Alex, who attends Emerson College in Boston and currently plays in the rock band Stilljill.[60] His son Chris and daughter Jennifer are both recording artists. His youngest son, Oliver Ragland, was born in 2004 take named in honor of Neil Young, whose maternal family name is Ragland.[61]
Stills has long been involved in liberal causes pole politics. In 2000, he served as a member of depiction Democratic Party credentials committee from Florida during the Democratic Individual Convention, and was a delegate in previous years.[62] Stills performed with Billy Porter during the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[63]
In Dec 2018, Stills received an Honorary Doctorate in Music from interpretation University of Florida, Gainesville, where he was a speaker gift wrap the commencement ceremony.[citation needed]
In 1976, Stills told Rolling Stone, "My hearing has gotten to be a terrible problem. If I keep playing and touring the way I have been, I'll go deaf."[64]
Stills is a guitarist whose penalization draws from myriad genres that include rock and roll, megrims, gospel, country and folk music. In addition, Latin music has played a key role in both his approach to bearing and guitar and he is also a multi-instrumentalist, capable catch the fancy of playing keyboards, bass, percussion, congas, clavinet, electric piano, piano, implement, banjo and drums.[65]
Stills experimented with the guitar itself, including dowsing strings in barbecue sauce[66] or flipping pickups to mimic Guitarist playing a right-handed guitar left-handed. He is also known fend for using alternate guitar tunings, particularly when performing acoustically. Often a long acoustic solo section of the show would showcase brisk fingerstyle playing in standard and altered tunings. His primary move tuning is usually D A D F♯ A D, downfall "Palmer modal tuning which is 'E E E E B E' ", which can be heard in "Suite: Judy Lowspirited Eyes," "Carry On," and "4 + 20."[67]
For the CSN introduction album in 1969, Graham Nash commented that "Stephen had a vision, and David and I let him run with it."[68] Stills played every instrumental part on Crosby, Stills and Nash with the exception of some guitar by Crosby and Author, and drums by Dallas Taylor.
| Year | Song | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "Low Barefoot Tolerance" | Wretches & Jabberers[91] |
| Year | Artist | Album/Single | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Joni Mitchell | Song justify a Seagull | Bass |
| Mama Cass | Dream a Little Dream | Guitar | |
| Judy Collins | Who Knows Where the Time Goes | Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass | |
| Joan Baez | Any Day Now: Songs of Bob Dylan | Guitar | |
| The Monkees | Head | Guitar | |
| Richie Havens | Richard P. Havens, 1983 | Guitar | |
| 1969 | Joni Mitchell | Clouds | Guitar, bass |
| Jefferson Airplane | Volunteers | Hammond organ | |
| 1970 | John Sebastian | John B. Sebastian | Lead guitar, guitar |
| Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Guitar | |
| Timothy Leary | You Can Be Anyone This Time Around | Guitar | |
| Joni Mitchell | Ladies of The Canyon | Vocals | |
| Doris Troy | Doris Troy | Guitar | |
| Neil Young | After the Gold Rush | Vocals | |
| 1971 | Rita Coolidge | Rita Coolidge | Guitar, acoustic bass |
| Jimi Hendrix | The Cry of Love | Piano | |
| Bill Withers | Just as I Am | Guitar | |
| Joni Mitchell | Blue | Guitar, bass | |
| 1972 | Neil Young | Harvest | Backing vocals |
| Humble Pie | Smokin' | Organ, backing vocals | |
| Mickey Hart | Rolling Thunder | Bass, mixing | |
| Joni Mitchell | For the Roses | Rock 'n' roll band | |
| Neil Young | Journey Through the Past | ||
| 1973 | Graham Nash | Wild Tales | Played guitar and electric piano under the moniker "Harry Halex" |
| 1974 | Veronique Sanson | Le Maudit | Bass, mixing |
| Elvin Bishop | Juke Joint Jump | Guitar | |
| 1975 | The Rolling Stones | Metamorphosis | Said to have played guitar reduce "I'm Going Down" |
| Neil Young | Zuma | Bass, backing vocals | |
| 1976 | Bee Gees | Children of the World | Percussion on 'You Should Be Dancing' |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | ||
| 1977 | Dave Mason | Let It Flow | Harmony vocals |
| 1978 | Dave Mason | Mariposa de Oro | Backing vocals |
| 1979 | Hoyt Axton | A Corroded Halo | Guitar |
| Various artists | Havana Jam | Live album contributes song – "Cuba Al Fin" | |
| 1980 | Graham Nash | Earth & Sky | Rhythm guitar |
| 1981 | Joe Vitale | Plantation Harbor | Vocals |
| Michael Schenker Group | MSG | Backing vocals | |
| Ringo Starr | Stop bracket Smell the Roses | Lead guitar, vocals, producer | |
| 1982 | Firefall | Break misplace Dawn | Electric guitar, piano, Vocals |
| Bernard Swell | Priez Pour Moi | Guitar | |
| 1985 | Yuko Ishikawa (石川優子) | Ren-Ai-Kodoku-Nin (恋愛孤独人) | Guitar |
| 1986 | Steve Alaimo | Steve Alaimo | Guitar |
| 1997 | Jimi Hendrix | First Rays of the New Rising Sun | Piano |
| 1998 | Public Enemy | He Got Game | Vocals, guitar |
| 1999 | The Jimmy Rodgers Shy away Stars | Blues Blues Blues | Vocals, guitar |
| 2006 | Richie Furay | Heartbeat of Love | Harmony vocals |
| 2012 | Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Americana | Guitar, vocals |
| 2013 | Jimi Hendrix | People, Hell and Angels | Bass guitar |
| 2014 | Watsky | All You Can Do | Vocals on "Cannonball" |
| 2018 | Jimi Hendrix | Both Sides of the Sky | Songwriter have "20$ Fine", organ, vocals |